Zipcar to Become Public
1 Jun 2010, 11:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Zipcar, the world’s largest car-sharing service operator, announced that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to an initial public off...
Zipcar Gets $70M for Fleet Expansion
27 May 2010, 08:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Zipcar continues to make expansion plans and nothing seems to be getting in its way. The car sharing company yesterday announced it has implemented an asset backed securitization (ABS) program led b...
car2go for Public Use in Austin, Texas
21 May 2010, 14:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Car sharing company car2go is on a roll this days in Austin, Texas. After yesterday the company announced it will sponsor Eco Series and revealed it has received the EPA Clean Air Excellence Award, ...
Zipcar Expands to Scotland
14 May 2010, 14:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Zipcar, the world’s largest car sharing company, announced that its global car sharing network now also includes Scotland. The company has entered the country through Streetcar Limited, which ...
urbanspace Joins Daimler car2go Program
5 May 2010, 08:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Some two weeks before it goes public, Daimler’s car2go car sharing program has another partnership to praise about, being joined by real estate company urbanspace. Company employees and client...
Zipcar Buys Streetcar, Aims for Global Expansion
21 Apr 2010, 06:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Zipcar announced today it has acquired British counterpart Streetcar, aiming to create a single, global brand dedicated to offer car sharing services all over the world. The companies will operate u...
U.S. car2go Program Becomes Public
14 Apr 2010, 09:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As previously announced, Daimler’s car2go car sharing program will enter the general public phase, becoming available to all Austin, Texas residents, covering their mobility needs. On May 2...
car2go Partners with Entrepreneurs Foundation
8 Apr 2010, 06:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Damler’ s car sharing experiment, car2go, is moving forward with a new pilot partnership signed with the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas (EF). This means the EF staff, its member com...
Zipcar Parking Spots Extend in Vancouver
12 Feb 2010, 09:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Car sharing company Zipcar announced yesterday that its partnership with the city of Vancouver is further strengthening, as Zipcar users are now allowed to park at select locations on city streets, ...
Toyota Boss Apologizes for Massive Recall
31 Jan 2010, 15:47 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As the recall crisis threatens to further damage the company's sales and delay an earnings recovery, Toyota President Akio Toyoda apologized for the recall of millions of vehicles around the wo...
Zipcar / Zimride Expand Sharing Application
11 Jan 2010, 11:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Car sharing provider Zipcar and social online ride sharing community Zimride launched an integrated car and ride sharing application on five new campuses at last week’s CES event. The new cam...
Zipcar Invests in Avancar
18 Dec 2009, 15:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Car sharing service Zipcar today announced they decided to finance the existing owners of Catalunya Carsharing, a Spanish limited liability company, also known as Avancar. Under the terms of the agr...
Zipcar App, Available on App Store
29 Sep 2009, 14:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Car sharing company Zipcar announced today that the Zipcar App for iPhone and iPod is now available on the App Store. By using the program, customers can find and reserve Zipcar vehicles all over th...
Zipcars Have Bike Racks and Park Passes
4 Sep 2009, 16:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Nine Portland vehicles belonging to the Zipcar car sharing service have been equipped with complementary bike racks, while 40 other vehicles got federal Northwest Forest Passes and / or Oregon State...
Zipcar Car Sharing Program for Students
27 Aug 2009, 14:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The University of Alabama will benefit from Zipcar’s car sharing program, to help reduce demand for parking and associated congestion problems, while offering students a "convenient, econ...
Car Sharing, City Motoring of the Third Degree
29 Jul 2009, 14:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Some many years back, together with the advent of the rent-a-car concept, a new way of motoring was born. Businessmen traveling from city to city no longer had to worry about transport when they rea...
Zipcar Expands Fleet, Lowers Prices in Chicago
9 Jul 2009, 08:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Business seem to be going well in in the car sharing domain, though we would have never expected people to give up on owning a car and enter this kind of program. Zipcar has recently announced they ...
Zipcar Launched UK’s Greenest Car Club
8 Jul 2009, 11:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Westminster City Council partnered with Zipcar and opened the greenest car club in UK yesterday, which will include a fleet of 20 hybrid vehicles, also offering members access to the country&rsq...
Baltimore to Offer Electric Car Share
24 Jun 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the footsteps of several European cities, the city of Baltimore, together with ExxonMobil and Electrovaya have announced that an electric car share and rental program is now available in t...
More Cities to Support Car-Sharing Services
8 Jun 2009, 13:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After Seattle, Vancouver and San Francisco, Toronto is next in supporting the car-sharing initiative, which has been proven as a more efficient and less polluting approach to urban driving. The ...